Blood vessel invasion is a major prognostic factor in resected non-small cell lung cancer

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1489-1493

  Kessler, Romain ^a   Gasser, Bernard ^a   Massard, Gilbert ^a   Roeslin, Norbert ^a   Meyer, Pierre ^a   Wihlm, Jean Marie ^a   Morand, Georges ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0030296793     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(96)00540-1     Document Type: Article

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